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Syd Moore, part 1

Syd Moore

Syd Moore speaks with Doug Johnstone about the doubts and stereotypes she battled early in her writing career. Syd Moore speaks with Doug Johnstone about her early writing life and the inclusive inspiration of seminal 80s and 90s culture, unexpectedly becoming a tv presenter on Channel 4, the self-doubt she experienced on not getting published, and the problematic Essex Girl stereotype.

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